口语

Recently, art is a very popular and hot topic in IELTS Oral English. And most of the students are having a hard time to answer questions related to it because most of them do not have any knowledge or idea about it. Actually, art is a creative way of expressing oneself and it is also the highest expression of every culture. There are many kinds of arts such as literature, visual arts, music, dance, and drama.

All of these kinds had become part of the IELTS Oral English questions today.

For example:

1 Is beautiful handwriting important nowadays?

2 What kind of music do you like?

3 Should children learn to draw or paint?

To be able to deal with these topics and questions, students should know variety of information about art such as:

Art helps people to understand and empathize with the living conditions people have endured at various times and places

Art provides an opportunity to create and do, which can be a refreshing break from studying or working.

Art teaches how to interpret different forms of communication. It teaches how to understand figurative things and the meanings of color.

Art provide opportunities for self-expression

Art can improve academic achievement -- enhancing test scores, attitudes, social skills, critical and creative thinking.

After knowing different meanings and knowledge about art, students now have adequate information to use in answering the question in IELTS Oral test. Below are the examples of question and answer of the test with the topic of ART.

Part I

1 Do you like arts? Why?

Absolutely, this is because art is a link to the past. It provides an enjoyable perspective from which people can examine the history. And also, art encourages imagination. It shows people how they might express their own feelings and experiences through different kinds of arts such as painting and drawing.

此问题主要是让考生回答自己是否喜欢艺术并且告知原因，范例提到的是因为艺术是与历史链接的纽带，建议考生也可从它能激发人们的想象力入手，同时通过不同的艺术如油画等有助于让人们表达自己的感觉与体验。

2 What kind of art do you like?

I don’t have any particular favorite when it comes to art because I am appreciative of each work of art that I see. I like looking at abstract and colorful paintings as much as I like looking at portrait paintings. I also enjoy looking at clay sculptures the same way that I enjoy looking at ice sculptures. Each work of art has its own reason, background and history.

这个问题主要考察的是考生对艺术的认识，即自己喜欢哪一种类型的艺术。考生若无非常特别喜欢的类型，则可以从广泛的方面出发去表达，如范例中作者因为对于每一项的艺术作品都是从欣赏的角度出发，因此并没有特别喜欢的，如其对抽象画和肖像画是一样的喜欢，对泥塑和冰雕也是一样的欣赏。原因是每项艺术的都有它的背景以及历史文化。